Flying rods

[plindboe]

It was difficult not to laugh when I tried these links:

http://www.subversiveelement.com/Rods.html

http://www.flyingrods.com/indexfl.asp

http://www.roswellrods.com/pre.html

As a good introduction, start with the third link and click on "RODS CHRONICLE".

 

[Mercutio]

The auction must have ended yesterday, but on e-bay there was a cryptozoology action figure (part of a collection!) of a "rod", with a corresponding card pointing out its various features.

 

[cedric_owl]

Anybody who still believes in flying rods is out of their mind. The phenomenon was completely debunked on a Canadian television program called "Proof Positive." The video analyst was able to almost instantly identify what the "rods" were the second he saw them--it's nothing more than the way video displays any moving insect.

He then proceeded to recreate a "rod" effortlessly.

So lame.

 

[cedric_owl]

Hilariously enough,

One of the stills from the first link you gave was FROM the program that proved rods were fake. How stupid can people be.

 

[Drooper]

If I put small flying insect in a glass or perspex container and recorded an image with slow shutter speed (perhaps a video capiture) and then auctioned it on e-bay as a "rod" would I be guilty of fraud?


In point of fact, it would be a "rod" - just as all the other supposed rods are.

 

[LTC8K6]

Rods explained:

http://www.opendb.com/sol/seq.htm

 

[Psi Baba]

some dead rods: